MUMBAI, April 16: Banta Singh of Punjab won the shot put gold medal in the over-80 category with a throw of 7.12 metres at the opening day of the 20th National Veteran's Athletic Championship at the Dadoji Kandeo Stadium, Thane.Ramchandra L Renute of Maharashtra won the gold in the 5 kilometres walk in the over-80 category. Daya Chand of Haryana won the silver and P Gangadharan of Andhra Pradesh won the bronze medal in the same category. Punjab won five gold, one silver and four bronze in the men's category while Haryana won two gold, three silver and two bronze.
Results (men's)
Over-35: 200m Balbir Singh (Chandigarh) 24.7 sec, Maguni Tarah (Orissa), Pargat Singh (Pun); 5 km walk: Ram Nivas (Goa) 27.43s, S Mukherjee (Assam), Ranbir Singh (Haryana); High jump: Dilbagh Singh (Haryana) 1.65m, P Nagaraj (TN), Tara Padabanik (WB). Over-40: 200m: Pravin Punt (CRSB) 25.2s, P K Baliar Singh (Orissa), C P Verma (Chandigarh); 5 km walk: Ashok Chakraborty (WB) 29:37.1, Vijaya Das (Kerala), Lalit Kathar(Assam). Over-45: 200m: SN Raju (Kerala) 25.2s, Parameshwar Jana (WB), Veer Pal Singh (UP). Over-50: 200m: H S Pisal (Mah) 26.1s, N Prabhakar Joglekar (Kar), D Teyaseelan (TN). Over-55: 200m: Chand Shekar (Del) 26.4s, K K Chako (Ker), Domnic Savio (Mah). Over-65: High jump: Munshi Ram (Haryana) 1.3m, P L Sharma (Del), Gopal P Phadke (Mah); Shot Put: Karnail Singh (Pun) 10.39m, D S Bajwa (UP), Basanta Datta (WB). Above 70; 1. B D Singh (Bihar, 36: 16:5 sec), 2. CH Nawang Singh (Manipur), 3. Chimanlal F Kharva (Gujarat) High jump: 1. John Deviasir (Tamil Nadu, 1.20 mts), 2. Antony Palocoran (TN), 3. BV Subbaiah (AP); Shot put: 1. K Naryana Swamy (Karnatka, 9.44 mts), 2. Dharam Singh (Punjab), 3. N Govind Swamy (AP). Over-75: 5 km walk: 1. Ramchandra L Renuse (Maharastra, 36: 19.6 sec), 2. Daya Chand (Haryana), 3. P Gangadharan Pillia (AP); High jump: 1. Surajban Joshi (Rajasthan, 7.11 mts), 2. B Seetaramiah (AP), 3. KL Shivashankar (Karnataka). Over-80: 5km walk: 1. Gian Singh Hoonjan (Punjab, 39:54.8 sec),2. K Atchaiah (AP), 3. D Gopalakrishnan (TN); Shot put: Banta Singh (Punjab, 48:03.7 sec), 2. A Venkat Reddy (AP), 3. Tarlok Singh (Punjab). Over-85: 5 km walk: 1. Mowa Singh (Punjab, 48:03.7 sec), 2. Ram Murtikawa (J&K), 3. K T Thomas (Kerala). Over-90: 5 km walk: 1. P Kondal Rao (AP, 48:34.6) Over-105: Shot put: Baba Joginder Singh (Punjab, 5.35 mts)
Women
Over-40: 200m: Anita S Kulkarni (Mah) 30.6s, Prochi Mehta (WB), B Devi (Bihar); 5km walk: M N Rajamgopi (Kerala) 34:22.1s, B G Tara (Kar), Chandralekha (Har); Long Jummp: Deepali Bannerjee (CRSB) 4.36m, Kalindi K Agashe (Mah), VK Thankamma (Ker). Over-45: 200m K N Minakshi (Ker) 32.6s, Anne Gonsalves (Mah), Sova Roy (WB); Long Jump: Subrata Debnath (CRSB) 3.81m, P Sasikala (TN), A Memcha Devi (Manipur); Shot Put: Subrata Debnath (CRSB) 9.18m, Ana Figuera (Goa), Patrica Tanner (TN).
Over-50: 200m Norma Cardoza (Goa) 37.3s, T K Kunju Kunjamma (Ker), Malanik C Hajarika (Assam); Long Jump: Bainaba Beevi (Ker) 3.18m, A Nazeen Beevi (Ker),Malanik C Hajarika (Assam). Over-55: 200mm: B Topno (Bihar) 35.3s, Shalini Datar (Guj), C D Elcy (Ker); Long Jump: B Topno (Bihar) 3.45m, M Prema (TN), T Nirmala (AP). Over-60: Long Jump: S Neelavathy (TN) 2.7m; Shot Put: Om Pati (Haryana) 8.65m, Nirmala Krishna (AP), Vibhava M Mehta (Mah). Over-65: 200m: Daisy Victor (TN) 38.5s (NMR), Noyon Devi (Manipur), M Rupobati Devi (Manipur); 5 km walk: P Noyon Devi (Manipur), S Sanahanbi Devi (Manipur), Kusum V Jagalpure (Mah); Long Jump: Phoolwati (Haryana) 2.39m, Anjali Chakraborty (WB), K Kamala Laxmi (Ker).
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